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- pronunciation:
- daw
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
dawdles, dawdling, dawdled |
| definition 1: |
to walk slowly and aimlessly; linger along the way.
If you dawdle, you will be late.- antonyms:
- dash, hurry, speed
- similar words:
- idle, loiter, poke, trail
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| definition 2: |
to waste time; be slow and somewhat idle.
The children do the dishwashing, but they tend to dawdle over it.- antonyms:
- hurry
- similar words:
- dally, idle, linger, loiter, poke
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| related words: |
defer, hang around, linger, loiter, procrastinate, stall, tarry, wait, wear |
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to waste (time) by idling (often fol. by "away").
He was dawdling the afternoon away.- similar words:
- idle, linger, loaf, trifle
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| related words: |
lounge |
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| derivations: |
dawdlingly (adv.), dawdler (n.) |
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